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- Title
Geochemical and H-O-Sr-Nd isotope evidence for magmatic processes and meteoric-water interactions in the basal complex of La Gomera, Canary Islands.
- Authors
Demény, A.; Casillas, R.; Hegner, E.; Vennemann, T. W.; Nagy, G.; Sipos, P.
- Abstract
The plutonic rocks of the Basal Complex of La Gomera, Canary Islands, Spain, were studied by means of major and trace element contents and by H-O-Sr-Nd isotope compositions in order to distinguish primary magmatic characteristics and late-stage alteration products. Deciphering the effects of alteration allowed us to determine primary, plume-related compositions that indicated D- and 18O-depletion relative to normal upper mantle, supporting the conclusions of earlier studies on the plutonic rocks of Fuerteventura and La Palma. Late-stage alteration took place during the formation of the intrusive series induced by interaction with meteoric water. Inferred isotopic compositions of the meteoric water indicate that the water infiltrated into the rock edifice at a height of about 1500 m above sea level, suggesting the existence of a subaerial volcano which was active during the intrusive activity and that it has been either distroyed or remain buried by later volcanic and landslide events.
- Subjects
CANARY Islands; SPAIN; ROCKS; TRACE elements; ISOTOPES; VOLCANOES
- Publication
Mineralogy & Petrology, 2010, Vol 98, Issue 1-4, p181
- ISSN
0930-0708
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1007/s00710-009-0071-4